DECERTIFY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

decertify

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Definition of decertify

as in to invalidate

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Recent Examples of decertify In response to the CBS News reports, Oz announced in March an initiative to decertify any hospice providers that are found to be defrauding taxpayers by stealing the identities of people not in hospice or by overbilling for those who are dying. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 May 2026 But this 764-page piece of legislation does a myriad of other things, including creating a statewide system to decertify police officers who engage in serious misconduct. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026 Key accomplishments included a bill that created the first statewide process to decertify police officers who commit wrongdoing. — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Employees at the Wells Fargo branch in Casper, Wyoming, also filed a petition last week to decertify the union. — Chase Jordan april 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decertify

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Additionally, records show investigators flagged computer search queries asking whether suicide would invalidate a death insurance claim.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Legal experts also said Bolsonaro would face a high legal bar to invalidate the election.

— David Unsworth , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of invalidate

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Defeated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by nearly 4 percentage points, the senator is seeking to nullify the result, alleging fraud without evidence.

— Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Much of Thursday’s courtroom debate centered on whether the judge’s order was in fact final, which would close the case and nullify Desulme’s counterclaim.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of nullify

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Shortly before midnight Monday and about six hours after Butchko Sanchez issued her order disqualifying him, Desulme filed his counterclaim seeking to disqualify Morgan, reopen the qualifying period and have a special election in December.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Trump unsuccessfully tried to disqualify 220,000 absentee ballots from Milwaukee and Dane counties, a move Tiffany supported.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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